11 occurrences

'Younger' in the Bible

And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn Daughters

And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

And the younger had a son and gave him the name Ben-ammi: from him come the children of Ammon to this day.

Verse ConceptsRelationships To This DayFathers And Daughters

And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombFavouritismJacob, The PatriarchSubjectionTwo GroupsFreshness Of YouthWombServing PeopleStrong NationsOvercoming Adversity

And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

Verse ConceptsClothing OthersFine Clothes

Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleTelling What People Said

Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Verse ConceptsTwo WomenFather And Daughter Relationships

And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersCustom

And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornHandsLaying On Of HandsFirstborn SonsHands On HeadsLeft HandsLaying On Hands To HealBlessings For The Right Hand

But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildPeople With General KnowledgeRules About Young People

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